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In the early days, we called our firsthand Shoe Giving experiences “Shoe Drops.” Our founder Blake, the small TOMS staff and some their family and friends, traveled back to Argentina to distribute the very first One for One shoes to children in need. For the next few years, the TOMS family was an essential part of every pair of shoes given to children in need. However, as the One for One movement gained support and the company grew, we learned more about international development and built out a Giving Team to work with humanitarian partners to more responsibly integrate TOMS…

When developing a new giving model at TOMS, we select high-impact partners who complement one another’s work. When we identified Bullying Prevention as our next give, we wanted to ensure that we had a partner to help prevent bullying in schools and a partner to help respond to instances of bullying and other types of crisis. We have already introduced you to Crisis Text Line and are proud to introduce you to our other partner No Bully. No Bully is an innovative organization that partners with schools over the course of a year. It trains their staff how to interrupt…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys for our newest mission aimed at stopping bullying one youth at a time. Each purchase of a TOMS StandUp Backpack will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. At TOMS, we are passionate about contributing to the bullying prevention movement as many of us have felt the effects of the issue in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys communities open up and share their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what it means…

We’d like for you to meet Annie, a single mother in her late 40s, living in Mwanyowe, a low-income area just outside of the central business district of Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city. It’s the start of a new working day for Annie, a water seller at one of 40 water kiosks in Manyowe. Annie used to be a seasonal farmer with very little income and even less things to do. Since her husband died, she found life particularly difficult. “I depended on him for almost everything,” Annie explains. “He would go to town and find piece work which brought food…

Leadercast Now believes in the core value of “Beyond You” leadership – putting your team first and letting them know every day that you respect and value them as people. In collaboration with Leadercast, TOMS Global Brand Ambassador Bethany Joy Clark shares a moving story about an amazing “Beyond You” leader who has forever influenced her own leadership journey – her grandfather, Major General George William Smith… Last week I attended my grandfather’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. It was one of the most profound experiences I’ve witnessed as it wasn’t just a funeral, it was truly a celebration of…

The TOMS Community Team works with individuals who aspire to create positive change. Each month, we feature a supporter from the TOMS Tribe who is inspiring others in their life through their efforts for good. This month, Angela shares her story. Seven years ago, I became a human rights activist. I was thirteen when I discovered the term, ‘trafficking.’ My best friend had been wearing a beautiful pair of pajamas at a weekend sleepover, and I had to get my hands on a pair for myself. She showed me a website that sold – what were donned – Punjammies, and…

Patient Name: Sok Veung Location: Battambang, Cambodia Giving Partner: Seva Foundation Service provided: Cataract surgery Sok Veung is a 44-year-old woman who lives in Anlong Tamey village in the Battambang province of Cambodia. Since her husband passed away, she has become the sole supporter of her five children and is responsible for funding their education. Sok Veung supports her family by working on her own small plot of land, growing vegetables and raising chickens to sell at the market to generate income. Sok Veung felt her vision starting to fail over the past four years. During this past year, her…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys to create the TOMS StandUp Backpack Collection; our newest mission with an aim to stop bullying, one youth at a time. Purchases of TOMS StandUp Backpacks will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. We’re very excited to contribute to the anti-bullying movement as this issue has affected many of us at TOMS in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys community opens up and shares their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what…

Debi is a TOMS employee in the IT department who recently returned from her first Giving Trip. After visiting Save the Children in the Morongo Valley in California, she was inspired to share what she learned about Giving just a few hours away from our own HQ in Los Angeles… He looks at me with a bit of a sheepish grin as he responds to my hand in the air calling him to me. He bounds into the seat and offers me his right foot. There is a sparkle in an eye that beckons me closer. I ask his name…

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Known as “The Land of a Thousand Hills,” Rwanda’s high elevation allows for production of world- class coffees. Farms in the country tend to be smaller in size, allowing our Master Roaster to micro-source premium beans from specialty farmers. Last Fall, we journeyed to Shyara Mountain in Rwanda to see how a roast comes to life. Allow us to introduce you to some of the people behind the cup. It all starts with sourcing. All of our coffee beans are sourced through direct trade, which means that we work directly with the coffee growers. This way, the farmer sees the…

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In the early days, we called our firsthand Shoe Giving experiences “Shoe Drops.” Our founder Blake, the small TOMS staff and some their family and friends, traveled back to Argentina to distribute the very first One for One shoes to children in need. For the next few years, the TOMS family was an essential part of every pair of shoes given to children in need. However, as the One for One movement gained support and the company grew, we learned more about international development and built out a Giving Team to work with humanitarian partners to more responsibly integrate TOMS…

When developing a new giving model at TOMS, we select high-impact partners who complement one another’s work. When we identified Bullying Prevention as our next give, we wanted to ensure that we had a partner to help prevent bullying in schools and a partner to help respond to instances of bullying and other types of crisis. We have already introduced you to Crisis Text Line and are proud to introduce you to our other partner No Bully. No Bully is an innovative organization that partners with schools over the course of a year. It trains their staff how to interrupt…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys for our newest mission aimed at stopping bullying one youth at a time. Each purchase of a TOMS StandUp Backpack will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. At TOMS, we are passionate about contributing to the bullying prevention movement as many of us have felt the effects of the issue in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys communities open up and share their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what it means…

We’d like for you to meet Annie, a single mother in her late 40s, living in Mwanyowe, a low-income area just outside of the central business district of Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city. It’s the start of a new working day for Annie, a water seller at one of 40 water kiosks in Manyowe. Annie used to be a seasonal farmer with very little income and even less things to do. Since her husband died, she found life particularly difficult. “I depended on him for almost everything,” Annie explains. “He would go to town and find piece work which brought food…

Leadercast Now believes in the core value of “Beyond You” leadership – putting your team first and letting them know every day that you respect and value them as people. In collaboration with Leadercast, TOMS Global Brand Ambassador Bethany Joy Clark shares a moving story about an amazing “Beyond You” leader who has forever influenced her own leadership journey – her grandfather, Major General George William Smith… Last week I attended my grandfather’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. It was one of the most profound experiences I’ve witnessed as it wasn’t just a funeral, it was truly a celebration of…

The TOMS Community Team works with individuals who aspire to create positive change. Each month, we feature a supporter from the TOMS Tribe who is inspiring others in their life through their efforts for good. This month, Angela shares her story. Seven years ago, I became a human rights activist. I was thirteen when I discovered the term, ‘trafficking.’ My best friend had been wearing a beautiful pair of pajamas at a weekend sleepover, and I had to get my hands on a pair for myself. She showed me a website that sold – what were donned – Punjammies, and…

Patient Name: Sok Veung Location: Battambang, Cambodia Giving Partner: Seva Foundation Service provided: Cataract surgery Sok Veung is a 44-year-old woman who lives in Anlong Tamey village in the Battambang province of Cambodia. Since her husband passed away, she has become the sole supporter of her five children and is responsible for funding their education. Sok Veung supports her family by working on her own small plot of land, growing vegetables and raising chickens to sell at the market to generate income. Sok Veung felt her vision starting to fail over the past four years. During this past year, her…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys to create the TOMS StandUp Backpack Collection; our newest mission with an aim to stop bullying, one youth at a time. Purchases of TOMS StandUp Backpacks will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. We’re very excited to contribute to the anti-bullying movement as this issue has affected many of us at TOMS in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys community opens up and shares their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what…

Debi is a TOMS employee in the IT department who recently returned from her first Giving Trip. After visiting Save the Children in the Morongo Valley in California, she was inspired to share what she learned about Giving just a few hours away from our own HQ in Los Angeles… He looks at me with a bit of a sheepish grin as he responds to my hand in the air calling him to me. He bounds into the seat and offers me his right foot. There is a sparkle in an eye that beckons me closer. I ask his name…

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In the early days, we called our firsthand Shoe Giving experiences “Shoe Drops.” Our founder Blake, the small TOMS staff and some their family and friends, traveled back to Argentina to distribute the very first One for One shoes to children in need. For the next few years, the TOMS family was an essential part of every pair of shoes given to children in need. However, as the One for One movement gained support and the company grew, we learned more about international development and built out a Giving Team to work with humanitarian partners to more responsibly integrate TOMS…

When developing a new giving model at TOMS, we select high-impact partners who complement one another’s work. When we identified Bullying Prevention as our next give, we wanted to ensure that we had a partner to help prevent bullying in schools and a partner to help respond to instances of bullying and other types of crisis. We have already introduced you to Crisis Text Line and are proud to introduce you to our other partner No Bully. No Bully is an innovative organization that partners with schools over the course of a year. It trains their staff how to interrupt…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys for our newest mission aimed at stopping bullying one youth at a time. Each purchase of a TOMS StandUp Backpack will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. At TOMS, we are passionate about contributing to the bullying prevention movement as many of us have felt the effects of the issue in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys communities open up and share their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what it means…

We’d like for you to meet Annie, a single mother in her late 40s, living in Mwanyowe, a low-income area just outside of the central business district of Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city. It’s the start of a new working day for Annie, a water seller at one of 40 water kiosks in Manyowe. Annie used to be a seasonal farmer with very little income and even less things to do. Since her husband died, she found life particularly difficult. “I depended on him for almost everything,” Annie explains. “He would go to town and find piece work which brought food…

Leadercast Now believes in the core value of “Beyond You” leadership – putting your team first and letting them know every day that you respect and value them as people. In collaboration with Leadercast, TOMS Global Brand Ambassador Bethany Joy Clark shares a moving story about an amazing “Beyond You” leader who has forever influenced her own leadership journey – her grandfather, Major General George William Smith… Last week I attended my grandfather’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. It was one of the most profound experiences I’ve witnessed as it wasn’t just a funeral, it was truly a celebration of…

The TOMS Community Team works with individuals who aspire to create positive change. Each month, we feature a supporter from the TOMS Tribe who is inspiring others in their life through their efforts for good. This month, Angela shares her story. Seven years ago, I became a human rights activist. I was thirteen when I discovered the term, ‘trafficking.’ My best friend had been wearing a beautiful pair of pajamas at a weekend sleepover, and I had to get my hands on a pair for myself. She showed me a website that sold – what were donned – Punjammies, and…

Patient Name: Sok Veung Location: Battambang, Cambodia Giving Partner: Seva Foundation Service provided: Cataract surgery Sok Veung is a 44-year-old woman who lives in Anlong Tamey village in the Battambang province of Cambodia. Since her husband passed away, she has become the sole supporter of her five children and is responsible for funding their education. Sok Veung supports her family by working on her own small plot of land, growing vegetables and raising chickens to sell at the market to generate income. Sok Veung felt her vision starting to fail over the past four years. During this past year, her…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys to create the TOMS StandUp Backpack Collection; our newest mission with an aim to stop bullying, one youth at a time. Purchases of TOMS StandUp Backpacks will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. We’re very excited to contribute to the anti-bullying movement as this issue has affected many of us at TOMS in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys community opens up and shares their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what…

Debi is a TOMS employee in the IT department who recently returned from her first Giving Trip. After visiting Save the Children in the Morongo Valley in California, she was inspired to share what she learned about Giving just a few hours away from our own HQ in Los Angeles… He looks at me with a bit of a sheepish grin as he responds to my hand in the air calling him to me. He bounds into the seat and offers me his right foot. There is a sparkle in an eye that beckons me closer. I ask his name…

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In the early days, we called our firsthand Shoe Giving experiences “Shoe Drops.” Our founder Blake, the small TOMS staff and some their family and friends, traveled back to Argentina to distribute the very first One for One shoes to children in need. For the next few years, the TOMS family was an essential part of every pair of shoes given to children in need. However, as the One for One movement gained support and the company grew, we learned more about international development and built out a Giving Team to work with humanitarian partners to more responsibly integrate TOMS…

When developing a new giving model at TOMS, we select high-impact partners who complement one another’s work. When we identified Bullying Prevention as our next give, we wanted to ensure that we had a partner to help prevent bullying in schools and a partner to help respond to instances of bullying and other types of crisis. We have already introduced you to Crisis Text Line and are proud to introduce you to our other partner No Bully. No Bully is an innovative organization that partners with schools over the course of a year. It trains their staff how to interrupt…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys for our newest mission aimed at stopping bullying one youth at a time. Each purchase of a TOMS StandUp Backpack will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. At TOMS, we are passionate about contributing to the bullying prevention movement as many of us have felt the effects of the issue in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys communities open up and share their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what it means…

We’d like for you to meet Annie, a single mother in her late 40s, living in Mwanyowe, a low-income area just outside of the central business district of Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city. It’s the start of a new working day for Annie, a water seller at one of 40 water kiosks in Manyowe. Annie used to be a seasonal farmer with very little income and even less things to do. Since her husband died, she found life particularly difficult. “I depended on him for almost everything,” Annie explains. “He would go to town and find piece work which brought food…

Leadercast Now believes in the core value of “Beyond You” leadership – putting your team first and letting them know every day that you respect and value them as people. In collaboration with Leadercast, TOMS Global Brand Ambassador Bethany Joy Clark shares a moving story about an amazing “Beyond You” leader who has forever influenced her own leadership journey – her grandfather, Major General George William Smith… Last week I attended my grandfather’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. It was one of the most profound experiences I’ve witnessed as it wasn’t just a funeral, it was truly a celebration of…

The TOMS Community Team works with individuals who aspire to create positive change. Each month, we feature a supporter from the TOMS Tribe who is inspiring others in their life through their efforts for good. This month, Angela shares her story. Seven years ago, I became a human rights activist. I was thirteen when I discovered the term, ‘trafficking.’ My best friend had been wearing a beautiful pair of pajamas at a weekend sleepover, and I had to get my hands on a pair for myself. She showed me a website that sold – what were donned – Punjammies, and…

Patient Name: Sok Veung Location: Battambang, Cambodia Giving Partner: Seva Foundation Service provided: Cataract surgery Sok Veung is a 44-year-old woman who lives in Anlong Tamey village in the Battambang province of Cambodia. Since her husband passed away, she has become the sole supporter of her five children and is responsible for funding their education. Sok Veung supports her family by working on her own small plot of land, growing vegetables and raising chickens to sell at the market to generate income. Sok Veung felt her vision starting to fail over the past four years. During this past year, her…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys to create the TOMS StandUp Backpack Collection; our newest mission with an aim to stop bullying, one youth at a time. Purchases of TOMS StandUp Backpacks will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. We’re very excited to contribute to the anti-bullying movement as this issue has affected many of us at TOMS in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys community opens up and shares their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what…

Debi is a TOMS employee in the IT department who recently returned from her first Giving Trip. After visiting Save the Children in the Morongo Valley in California, she was inspired to share what she learned about Giving just a few hours away from our own HQ in Los Angeles… He looks at me with a bit of a sheepish grin as he responds to my hand in the air calling him to me. He bounds into the seat and offers me his right foot. There is a sparkle in an eye that beckons me closer. I ask his name…

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Year In Review

In the early days, we called our firsthand Shoe Giving experiences “Shoe Drops.” Our founder Blake, the small TOMS staff and some their family and friends, traveled back to Argentina to distribute the very first One for One shoes to children in need. For the next few years, the TOMS family was an essential part of every pair of shoes given to children in need. However, as the One for One movement gained support and the company grew, we learned more about international development and built out a Giving Team to work with humanitarian partners to more responsibly integrate TOMS…

When developing a new giving model at TOMS, we select high-impact partners who complement one another’s work. When we identified Bullying Prevention as our next give, we wanted to ensure that we had a partner to help prevent bullying in schools and a partner to help respond to instances of bullying and other types of crisis. We have already introduced you to Crisis Text Line and are proud to introduce you to our other partner No Bully. No Bully is an innovative organization that partners with schools over the course of a year. It trains their staff how to interrupt…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys for our newest mission aimed at stopping bullying one youth at a time. Each purchase of a TOMS StandUp Backpack will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. At TOMS, we are passionate about contributing to the bullying prevention movement as many of us have felt the effects of the issue in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys communities open up and share their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what it means…

We’d like for you to meet Annie, a single mother in her late 40s, living in Mwanyowe, a low-income area just outside of the central business district of Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city. It’s the start of a new working day for Annie, a water seller at one of 40 water kiosks in Manyowe. Annie used to be a seasonal farmer with very little income and even less things to do. Since her husband died, she found life particularly difficult. “I depended on him for almost everything,” Annie explains. “He would go to town and find piece work which brought food…

Leadercast Now believes in the core value of “Beyond You” leadership – putting your team first and letting them know every day that you respect and value them as people. In collaboration with Leadercast, TOMS Global Brand Ambassador Bethany Joy Clark shares a moving story about an amazing “Beyond You” leader who has forever influenced her own leadership journey – her grandfather, Major General George William Smith… Last week I attended my grandfather’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. It was one of the most profound experiences I’ve witnessed as it wasn’t just a funeral, it was truly a celebration of…

The TOMS Community Team works with individuals who aspire to create positive change. Each month, we feature a supporter from the TOMS Tribe who is inspiring others in their life through their efforts for good. This month, Angela shares her story. Seven years ago, I became a human rights activist. I was thirteen when I discovered the term, ‘trafficking.’ My best friend had been wearing a beautiful pair of pajamas at a weekend sleepover, and I had to get my hands on a pair for myself. She showed me a website that sold – what were donned – Punjammies, and…

Patient Name: Sok Veung Location: Battambang, Cambodia Giving Partner: Seva Foundation Service provided: Cataract surgery Sok Veung is a 44-year-old woman who lives in Anlong Tamey village in the Battambang province of Cambodia. Since her husband passed away, she has become the sole supporter of her five children and is responsible for funding their education. Sok Veung supports her family by working on her own small plot of land, growing vegetables and raising chickens to sell at the market to generate income. Sok Veung felt her vision starting to fail over the past four years. During this past year, her…

This year, we teamed up with Journeys to create the TOMS StandUp Backpack Collection; our newest mission with an aim to stop bullying, one youth at a time. Purchases of TOMS StandUp Backpacks will help our Giving Partners provide training for school staff and remote volunteers to prevent and respond to instances of bullying. We’re very excited to contribute to the anti-bullying movement as this issue has affected many of us at TOMS in one way or another. In celebration of this collection, the TOMS and Journeys community opens up and shares their experiences with bullying and thoughts on what…

Debi is a TOMS employee in the IT department who recently returned from her first Giving Trip. After visiting Save the Children in the Morongo Valley in California, she was inspired to share what she learned about Giving just a few hours away from our own HQ in Los Angeles… He looks at me with a bit of a sheepish grin as he responds to my hand in the air calling him to me. He bounds into the seat and offers me his right foot. There is a sparkle in an eye that beckons me closer. I ask his name…